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ततस् तव सुतो राजन् दृष्ट्वा सैन्यं तथागतम् ॥
दुःशासनो भृशं क्रुद्धो युद्धायार्जुनम् अभ्ययात् ॥
स काञ्चनविचित्रेण कवचेन समावृतः ॥
जाम्बूनदशिरस्त्राणः शूरस् तीव्रपराक्रमः ॥
नागानीकेन महता ग्रसन्न् इव महीम् इमाम् ॥
दुःशासनो महाराज सव्यसाचिनम् आवृणोत् ॥
tatas tava suto rājan dṛṣṭvā sainyaṃ tathāgatam ||
duḥśāsano bhṛśaṃ kruddho yuddhāyārjunam abhyayāt ||
sa kāñcanavicitreṇa kavacena samāvṛtaḥ ||
jāmbūnadaśirastrāṇaḥ śūras tīvraparākramaḥ ||
nāgānīkena mahatā grasann iva mahīm imām ||
duḥśāsano mahārāja savyasācinam āvṛṇot ||
Then your son, O king, having seen the army in such a state, Duhshasana, greatly enraged, advanced to battle against Arjuna. He, clad in armor adorned with gold, with a golden helmet, a hero of fierce valor, with a great array of elephants, as if swallowing this earth, Duhshasana, O great king, surrounded [blocked the path of] Savyasachin.
a041c9585d7f · published Jul 19, 2026, 3:45:02 PM UTC
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Duhshasana is not lacking in valor — «śūraḥ tīvraparākramaḥ», a hero of fierce courage — but his valor serves untruth. The image «grasan iva mahīm», 'as if swallowing the earth', is majestic, yet futile before Arjuna. It is telling that the very accomplice in Abhimanyu's death (whose son finished off the boy) now comes forth to meet the avenger. The verse teaches that even genuine courage, given to an evil cause, leads only to ruin: valor without righteousness is not salvation but a hastening of reckoning; and the guilty one, marching forth with golden armor and a host of elephants, walks to meet his own judgment.